Abstract
Objective: To list in the literature scientific evidence about nursing care to patients with intestinal stoma. Methodology: This is an integrative review of the literature, in which the databases Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and Scientific Electronic Library Online, accessed through the Virtual Health Library, were consulted through descriptors. as inclusion criterion, primary studies, available in their entirety, published in the last 4 years, in any language that would attend the study topic. Results: We analyzed 10 articles that addressed nursing care for patients with stoma, in which it was observed that the care provided to the patients is mainly through health education activities aimed at the development of self-care of the ostomized patient since the preoperative until the postoperative period. Final considerations: The care provided by nursing professionals to patients with stoma is of paramount importance for the prevention of complications related to the stoma, stimulation to self-care, acceptance of the disease and insertion in social life.
